few days but will respect the rights of women. roads out of kabul have been packed with people fleeing the taliban. the taliban have captured more territory, including the former us you re watching bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather. warmth and sunshine is in fairly short supply in the week ahead but whilst there was some rain in the forecast most will be mainly dry but with a north westerly wind it ll feed in cloud and with the wind it ll feel cooler particularly for the first half of the week. this is the bigger picture at the moment. through sunday, slow moving fronts pushing across the uk bringing cloud, outbreaks of rain into parts of northern england, wales, south west england and very heavy showers for norhtern scotland and we keep those going through this evening. for others, a glorious sunday with blue skies and sunshine so very much mixed fortunes. this evening, we see those showers continue to slide their way across scotland but much of the rain across england
in the past two decades and who have been integral and now need supporting as a matter of urgency over the next few days. that is a point she made today, and i imagine a point that will come up on wednesday and beyond that. to hear someone like tobias ellwood say today that this could be a humanitarian disaster and in terms of what this will mean for refugees, how this will impact countries around the world, again something mps here in the uk, but across the world, policy makers across the world, policy makers across the world will be trying to grapple with it right now. world will be trying to grapple with it right now- a reminder of the major developments in afghanistan. taliban militants say they are now entering teh capital kabul after a lightning advance across the country. the president ashraf ghani has left afghanistan and the taliban look set to take some form of control within days. roads out of kabul have been packed with people fleeing the taliban. the militant group has to
this story is moving at a fast pace so let s just remind ourselves what else we know happenend today. the taliban closed in on kabul this morning after seizing the eastern city of jalalabad. afghanistan s acting interior minister said they want a peaceful transfer of power to a transitional government. the taliban has told the bbc they want to take power in the next few days but will respect the rights of women. roads out of kabul have been packed with people fleeing the taliban. the taliban have captured more territory, including the former us airbase at bagram. the us has begun evacuating staff from their embassy in the capital. according to eyewitnesses, taliban militants met little resistance along the way to the capital. our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan watching the developments in afghanistan from delhi gave more details on reports that the taliban have sent in some fighters into kabul.
afghanistan so it does not become a safe haven and sanctuary for terrorism and will conduct counterterrorist operations as and when needed to prevent that. thank ou for when needed to prevent that. thank you for being when needed to prevent that. thank you for being with when needed to prevent that. thank you for being with us when needed to prevent that. thank you for being with us here when needed to prevent that. thank you for being with us here on - when needed to prevent that. thank you for being with us here on bbc news. . ~ you for being with us here on bbc news. ., ,, , ., a reminder of the major developments in afghanistan. taliban militants say they are now entering the capital kabul after a lightning advance across the country. the president ashraf ghani has left afghanistan and the taliban look set to take some form of control within days. it s being reported that two taliban officials say there will be no transitional government in afghanistan and that the group ex
at risk out of the country, if that s what they so desire. and ultimately it is up to the afghans themselves, it is up to the afghan government, the taliban, to decide the way forward for the country, including kabul. this story is moving at a fast pace, so let s just remind ourselves what else we know happenend today. the taliban closed in on kabul this morning after seizing the eastern city of jalalabad. afghanistan s acting interior minister said they want a peaceful transfer of power to a transitional government. the taliban has told the bbc they want to take power in the next few days, but will respect the rights of women. roads out of kabul have been packed with people fleeing the taliban. the taliban have captured more territory, including the former us airbase at bagram. the us has begun evacuating staff from their embassy in the capital. according to eyewitnesses, taliban militants met little resistance along the way to the capital.